Deschutes County, OR Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
10,350 ft 3,155 m8,360 ft 2,550 m7,370 ft 2,245 m5,380 ft 1,640 m3,390 ft 1,035 m2,390 ft 730 m
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USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
- Elevation
- Ground colored by height from green (lowest) to white (highest), with contour lines every 40–500 ft (USGS data).
- Satellite
- A 2016 satellite photo at 33 ft (10 m) detail; contours off.
- 3D
- Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
- Click or tap anywhere
- The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
- Measure
- Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
- County area
- Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Deschutes County averages about 4,570 ft (1,390 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 2,390 ft on the northwest side to 10,350 ft on South Sister.
Average elevation
4,570 ft 1,390 m
all land inside the county
Highest
10,350 ft 3,155 m
on South Sister
Lowest
2,390 ft 730 m
on the northwest side
Deschutes County spans about 7,960 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Average of all land | 4,570 ft1,390 m |
| Highest point Inside the county, on South Sister (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height) | 10,350 ft3,155 m |
| Lowest point Inside the county, on the northwest side | 2,390 ft730 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
40 mi west to east through Bend.
Topographic Map
- Location
- County in Oregon, United States
- Population
- 211,535 2024 est.
- Land area
- 3,017.6 sq mi + 36.6 sq mi water
- Density
- 70 per sq mi
- Time zone
- Pacific UTC−8 / −7
- Landform regions
- Columbia Plateau 80%, Cascade-sierra Mountains 20%
- Drains to
- Pacific Ocean 71%, Closed basin (does not reach the sea) 29%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average
- Lake County5,160 ft
- Klamath County4,970 ft
- Harney County4,860 ft
- Deschutes County4,570 ft
- Crook County4,350 ft
- Jefferson County3,280 ft
- Lane County2,160 ft
- Linn County2,070 ft
Rankings by average elevation
- Counties in Oregon5th highest of 36
- Counties in the United States204th highest of 3,151
Peaks and hills highest inside
- South Sister10,350 ft
- Mount Bachelor9,070 ft
- Broken Top9,040 ft
- Paulina Peak7,970 ft
- Maiden Peak7,790 ft
All 15 towns in Deschutes County by typical elevation
- La Pine4,230 ft
- Sunriver4,190 ft
- Three Rivers4,180 ft
- Deschutes River Woods3,930 ft
- Seventh Mountain3,930 ft
- Tetherow3,820 ft
- Bend3,690 ft
- Black Butte Ranch3,350 ft
- Tumalo3,190 ft
- Sisters3,190 ft
- Pronghorn3,190 ft
- Eagle Crest3,060 ft
- Redmond3,000 ft
- Terrebonne2,860 ft
- Crooked River Ranch partly2,760 ft
How we measure
- Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 2 arc-second (≈200 ft, 62 m) grid, coarsened from 1 arc-second so the whole area fits one run. Land means the boundary minus Census area water (on this grid, water areas of at least half a cell).
- Highest and lowest: the highest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 highest grid cells; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. Lowest: the lowest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 lowest grid cells; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
- Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it when there are fewer than 5; each is the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a usable survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it (shown as published).
- Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
- Rounding: computed heights are rounded to 10 ft (5 m), or to 1 ft (1 m) under 100 ft; 3DEP is good to about a meter, not a foot. Published figures (NGS survey heights) are shown as their publisher gives them.
- Datum: North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). NGS plans to replace NAVD 88 with a new datum (NAPGD2022); heights will then shift slightly.
- Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.